I would like searching for clues to be a similar experience to the tips.
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Max
Searching clues seems to always spoil the answer for me - despite just looking for a hint akin to the daily NYT hints.
When searching for a clue, id like similar hints to appear instead of the answers. I also seem to always have the first letter revealed, which doesnt respect my setting of wanting all the answers hidden.
Hopefully you can shed some light on what I am doing wrong :)
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It has been a while, but the site has been revamped and this suggestion has been implemented.
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- First letter revealed- Have you changed the settings to "Hide answers"? There is an eye icon in the upper right of the site. If you click on it, you can choose to "Show answers" or "Hide answers" on the clue pages. I have attached a screenshot. Let me know if this doesn't work.
- Showing similar hints- I will look into doing this. I collect clues and answers from many historical crossword clues. One of the issues is that for a clue, there may be multiple answers. This is because the same clue is used in different crossword puzzles. For example, the clue "Greek God" might have the answers, ZEUS, HERA, APOLLO, etc.
IDEA:
One idea I have is that for a clue that has multiple answers, you can pick an answer that has the same number of letters as your answer -- maybe this will be the actual answer to your crossword clue... maybe it will not. The answer will be hidden, but you can click on a button next to it to see more hints.
What are your thoughts about this?
M
Max
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- It doesnt seem to work in the popup specifically, no. It works once I have opened the page. But I dont want to be spoiled as to what the first letter is as that defeats the purpose of a hint (at least for me) I have hidden my answers, but searching for a clue I get the first letter revealed.
- I really like that idea, I would love to see that implemented.
My ideal use-case for this website is to group the answers by their letter numbers and present the clues without revealing the answer anywhere (unless you specifically select to see it with the eye icon, of course).
Like so:
I am doing an old crossword and I have a clue that I am unsure about, like "Oreo ___".
I log into your website, I input that clue into the "Enter your clue" search box pop up, I find the clue (I think the number of letters is less important here, the clue is what you're looking for).
I click and it takes me to the clue page. This page is then grouped by the answer length. I should not be able to see any potential answers here as that ruins the fun. This page should take inspration from your excellent nyc clue page: https://getcrossword.tips/nyt
So if one answer is "THINS", I see 5 [] [] [] [] [] letter boxes, which I can click to reveal, or I can read the clues under it from other crosswords. Clues like: "Reduces" "Culls, as a herd" etc.
Underneath, perhaps the next possible answer is "COOKIE" so I see 6 boxes and a list of clues that translate to cookie, such as "biscuit"
And so on.
Thank you for your work so far though, this is a fantastic idea! And thanks for genuinely listening and taking feedback from your users!